Is Trilian worth it?
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- 1780 posts since 26 Aug, 2012
I have quite a few vsts with many bass presets and I only do electro. Dont do any Rock or similar.
I noticed there's a lot of acoustic and electric bass presets. They will be next to no use to me. But was wondering what their synth bass presets are like. I take it they have superior sonic edge over something like synthmaster, massive and I really need that Omnisphere type quality in bass as its bass presets are good, only not enough of them. Worth spending $300 just for the synth bass and lead stuff or are a lot of them just Moog type retro/out-of-date sounds?
I noticed there's a lot of acoustic and electric bass presets. They will be next to no use to me. But was wondering what their synth bass presets are like. I take it they have superior sonic edge over something like synthmaster, massive and I really need that Omnisphere type quality in bass as its bass presets are good, only not enough of them. Worth spending $300 just for the synth bass and lead stuff or are a lot of them just Moog type retro/out-of-date sounds?
- KVRAF
- 9096 posts since 5 Feb, 2004
I love it, the synth sections are great, I bought it for the bass guitars and uprights, but just as a synth (well, I guess consider it a bass synth) it is wonderful, there are a ton of tasty (Juicy!) filters, good effects, and lots of sound design possibilities. Some electro guys could be more helpful, but just thinking about it's very flexible envelops gives me the warm-fuzzies.
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- 22457 posts since 5 Sep, 2001
no i have to disagree and i did own this once and went through every sound. It's not that there aren't great sounds, but you said you *only* do electro Kinh. That's like buying a ferrari to drive from your house to the next door neughbour. ie overkill and a lot of money for nothing. You can get fabulous electro basses out of many free products as well as many MUCH cheaper ones than trilian. My 2c.
- KVRAF
- 5054 posts since 16 May, 2002 from Brisbane , Australia
Probably not worth comenting as I do rock (or at least some guitar based dirivative) but Trilian is my weapon of choice. I went through a few decent products (Scarbee, Orange Tree etc) but I need more range. I bought Trilian and apart from when I play my own bass tracks Trilian is in everything. I don't even know how to use it properly for slides, hammers and so on but I get the tone I need, or at least close enough. Much range, one package, quality sound, plus the bonus of some acoustic (and synthetic) basses.
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- KVRAF
- 5451 posts since 25 Jan, 2007
Just as you only get the most out of Omni if you use it for lots of different tasks, same is true with Trilian. If you only use it for the synth stuff, it's not an essential buy.
Looking forward to the next version though, which will surely use a lot of Omni 2's new features. More morphing wavetables, I'd guess.
Looking forward to the next version though, which will surely use a lot of Omni 2's new features. More morphing wavetables, I'd guess.
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- KVRAF
- 3186 posts since 18 Mar, 2008
Get yourself Spire on sale and some nice banks, plenty of high quality EDM soundbanks to choose.
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- KVRAF
- 2912 posts since 13 Apr, 2008 from Charleston, SC
I do a variety of styles. Trilian is awesome and always gives me a fantastic low end. Whether synth or electric or acoustic it is beefy and adds a nice low end.
If you never plan to explore outside the box, then it might be overkill. Otherwise, I would not want to be without it in my arsenal.
If you never plan to explore outside the box, then it might be overkill. Otherwise, I would not want to be without it in my arsenal.
- KVRAF
- 7691 posts since 11 Jun, 2006
skip it. for electro bass, grab Diva, Tal synths or even the free Charlatan
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- 22457 posts since 5 Sep, 2001
I think we have to stick to the facts here.. does anyone really think the OP, not someone else, but the OP who ONLY does electro, should spend $299 or whatever it is on trilian just for electro bass? Really?
(spire suggestion definitely made more sense there but there are cheaper options again - waves element can do that for sure, for example, with a lovely sequencer on board as well).
(spire suggestion definitely made more sense there but there are cheaper options again - waves element can do that for sure, for example, with a lovely sequencer on board as well).
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- KVRAF
- 3071 posts since 29 Sep, 2005
Do you already own Omnisphere? There are a lot of Trillian in Omni One. Obviously not the full range but enough to get you along with your style of music.
As for "Do I buy Trillian to make electro music only?" - In a word, no. You can get what you need in Omnisphere- if you do have it, or any of the mentioned synths.
One not mentioned is Nexus, although I do not own it to say with certainty. It appears to me to be directed toward electronic music and does have some nice sounds for this genre.
As for "Do I buy Trillian to make electro music only?" - In a word, no. You can get what you need in Omnisphere- if you do have it, or any of the mentioned synths.
One not mentioned is Nexus, although I do not own it to say with certainty. It appears to me to be directed toward electronic music and does have some nice sounds for this genre.
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- KVRian
- 1119 posts since 21 Jul, 2012
If you only focus on Electro then don't bother with Trillian. Way overkill. Get a simple freeware synth. You can spice that up with FX from your DAW.
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- KVRAF
- 3186 posts since 18 Mar, 2008
Agree, definitely notTheoM wrote:I think we have to stick to the facts here.. does anyone really think the OP, not someone else, but the OP who ONLY does electro, should spend $299 or whatever it is on trilian just for electro bass? Really?
Reasoning was because he mentioned presets and I know for a fact that Spire got them in that flavors and high quality too.(spire suggestion definitely made more sense there but there are cheaper options again - waves element can do that for sure, for example, with a lovely sequencer on board as well).
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- 1780 posts since 26 Aug, 2012
Yeah but Im greedy. I cant help that. You can never have too much of a good thing, only too little.dsan@mail.com wrote:Do you already own Omnisphere? There are a lot of Trillian in Omni One. Obviously not the full range but enough to get you along with your style of music.
Diva in my opinion is overrated for its bass presets. They all sound super-sawtoothy or retro. Not enough grit as the Omnisphere stuff.
The new Omni basses are ok, I personally dig the older ones more like Armed to the teeth and Electro Reduction, just wanted more stuff like that. More leaning to distorted/fuzzy/edgy.
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- KVRAF
- 3186 posts since 18 Mar, 2008
Try Razor, on sale nowKinh wrote:More leaning to distorted/fuzzy/edgy.
http://www.native-instruments.com/en/pr ... ths/razor/
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Got it. Its a sound designer's tool. I dont do that.Zexila wrote:Try Razor, on sale nowKinh wrote:More leaning to distorted/fuzzy/edgy.
http://www.native-instruments.com/en/pr ... ths/razor/